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Sailing Ships of War 1800 - 1860: Including the Transition to Steam
by Sir Alan Moore, 2nd Baronet of Hancox;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Picton, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Halton & Company Limited, London, 1926. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Limited edition no. 408 of 1500. Large Quarto. xiv p., 1 l., 78 p., 1 l. col. mounted front., illus., 90 pl. (1 fold., part col. mounted). A fine volume, containing text on the ships of the early nineteenth-century navy, and ninety stunning plates (selected from the collection of marine art amassed by A.G.H. MacPherson; each plate fully described and annotated. Corners and ends of spine bumped with some fraying. Cover clean and gilt bright, a bit rubbed. Binding is tight. Text is clean and unmarked, some soft-pencil bibliographic markings. A handsome book with gorgeous plates. Heavy extra postage at cost. Heavy requires more postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Naval Marine Archive
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 815941
- Title
- Sailing Ships of War 1800 - 1860
- Author
- Sir Alan Moore, 2nd Baronet of Hancox;
- Illustrator
- Arthur George Holdsworth Macpherson
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's textured blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Number 408 of 1500 copies, prints(including tipped-in plates) and descriptions of historic ships of war, and MacPherson Collection.
- Bookseller catalogs
- navy; naval history;
- Size
- 32 cm
Terms of Sale
Naval Marine Archive
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About the Seller
Naval Marine Archive
Biblio member since 2006
Picton, Ontario
About Naval Marine Archive
In the historic centre of Picton, one of the oldest schooner ports of Lake Ontario, we share space in a heritage building with the Canadian Society of Marine Artists
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- Spine
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